Temporal dynamics of soil water balance components in a karst range in southeastern Spain: Estimation of potential recharge;Dynamique temporelle des composantes du bilan hydrique du sol dans une chaine karstique du sud-est de l'Espagne: Estimation de la recharge potentielle

Hydrological Sciences Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 737-753

  Cantón, Yolanda ^a   Villagarcía, Luis ^b   Moro, María José ^c   Serrano Ortíz, Penelope ^d,e   Were, Ana ^f   Alcalá, Francisco Javier ^g   Kowalski, Andrew S ^d,h   Solé Benet, Alberto ^g   Lázaro, Roberto ^g   Domingo, Francisco ^a,g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD PABLO DE OLAVIDE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALICANTE   (Spain)

^d Centro Andaluz de Medio Ambiente   (Spain)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^f VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^g DEPARTAMENTO DE ECOLOGÍA FUNCIONAL Y EVOLUTIVA   (Spain)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Evapotranspiration; Mediterranean; Potential recharge; Sierra de G dor; Soil moisture; Soil water balance

Indexed keywords

ACTUAL EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; ALMERIA; ANNUAL RAINFALL; DYNAMIC PATTERNS; EDDY COVARIANCE; GROUND WATER RECHARGE; HYDROLOGICAL YEARS; MEDITERRANEAN; POTENTIAL RECHARGE; PREFERENTIAL FLOWS; RECHARGE AREA; SOIL WATER; SOIL WATER BALANCE; SOIL WATER BALANCE COMPONENTS; STUDY AREAS; TEMPORAL DYNAMICS; TIME-SCALES; WATER BALANCE;

ESTIMATION; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; GALLIUM; GROUNDWATER; GROUNDWATER FLOW; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; RAIN; SOIL MOISTURE; SPRINGS (COMPONENTS); UNDERWATER SOILS; WATER SUPPLY;

SOIL SURVEYS;

EDDY COVARIANCE; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; RECHARGE; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL WATER; SPRING (SEASON); SUMMER; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; TIMESCALE; WATER BUDGET;

ALMERIA [ANDALUCIA]; ANDALUCIA; SIERRA DE GADOR; SPAIN;

EID: 78649768375     PISSN: 02626667     EISSN: 21503435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02626667.2010.490530     Document Type: Article

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